Canta province

{{Short description|Province of Peru}}{{Infobox settlement | name = Canta | settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]] | image_skyline = Bird's-eye_view_of_Canta,_Peru.jpg | image_caption = The town of Canta | image_flag = File:Bandera Canta.png | image_shield = File:Escudo Canta.png | image_map = Location of the province Canta in Lima.svg | map_caption = Location of Canta in Lima | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Department of Lima|Lima]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Canta]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Arturo Óscar Paredes Salcedo <br><small>(2019-2022)</small> | area_total_km2 = 1687.29 | elevation_m = 2819 | population_total = 11548 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 1504 | website = | official_name = }} '''Canta''' is a [[Provinces of Peru|province]] of the [[Department of Lima|department of Lima]], [[Peru]]. From the administrative point of view of the [[Catholic Church in Peru]], it forms part of the [[Diocese of Huacho]]. It is located approximately {{convert|105|km}} to the northeast of the capital, [[Lima]].<ref>{{in lang|es}} [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática]]. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=April 23, 2008 }}''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.</ref>

== Geography == [[File:Velo de novia Canta.jpg|thumb|Velo de novia, Canta]] One of the highest peaks of the province is [[Chunta (Junín-Lima)|Chunta]] at {{convert|5208|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Other mountains are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the province of Canta (Lima Region)</ref>

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * [[Anta Mantay]] * Anta Phiruru * Aqu Mach'ay * Awkichani * Chakra Kancha * Chakra Mit'u * [[Ch'akiqucha (Lima)|Ch'akiqucha]] * Luk'ana * Misk'i Pukyu * Parqa Rumi * Pistaq Mach'ay * Pukara * [[Qullpa P'iti]] * [[Raqray]] * Saywa * Silla Rumi * [[Tarapu]] * Tunshu Marka * Tuqtu Pallanka * Waqutu * Wayllas * Wira Qaqa * Yana Markan * Yana Punta * Yanama }}

==Political division== The province is divided into seven districts.

* [[Arahuay District|Arahuay]] ([[Arahuay]]) * [[Canta District|Canta]] ([[Canta]]) * [[Huamantanga District|Huamantanga]] ([[Huamantanga]]) * [[Huaros District|Huaros]] ([[Huaros]]) * [[Lachaqui District|Lachaqui]] ([[Lachaqui]]) * [[San Buenaventura District, Canta|San Buenaventura]] ([[San Buenaventura, Canta|San Buenaventura]]) * [[Santa Rosa de Quives District|Santa Rosa de Quives]] ([[Yangas]])

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